63: [On Air Coaching] How to Begin Building Culture Within a Virtual Team with Deb Howard Greenleaf

Creating a positive and productive team culture where everyone works well together to achieve business goals is every CEO’s dream. But, what about all of the virtual teams out there? How can you even begin to build the culture that you want within a virtual team? 

This is the task set out before Deb Howard Greenleaf, who lives in northwestern Pennsylvania and is the mother of two active swimmers, ages 14 and 18. She runs Greenleaf Accounting Services, providing virtual bookkeeping services to consultants, coaches and other service-based businesses from NYC to LA, taking care of the books so they can grow their firms. When she’s not balancing books or attending her kids’ swim meets, Deb volunteers for local animal shelters and beats back the wilderness in her three-acre yard and gardens.

Although she’s incredibly proud of her team, Deb has realized that the team culture they have isn’t what she had in mind. They’re still coming to her with typical “water cooler” questions and lack the relationship with each other to discuss and solve matters without Deb’s interjection. 

So, how can you build the perfect team culture when your team doesn’t work in the same place or even at the same time? This is a tricky one, but Shelli Warren has lots of tips and advice to share with Deb about getting creative and intentional about creating a drumbeat within her team that shifts the narrative and changes how team members interact with each other. 

In this episode, you’ll discover:

How to build a self-sufficient virtual team and close an open-door policy Why you should host regular video call meetings with your virtual team How to create a sense of shared leadership Join the BizChix Community

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